Janne Ahonen (Rose Hughes photo)

Stefan Gunnarsson (Rose Hughes photo)

Reigning series champion Kågered lost out in his all Swedish match-up with Gunnarsson who stuck a 0.014s RT on the startline and out ran Kagered with a 4.311/280.02 to a 4.347/262.43.

Anita Makela (Rose Hughes photo)

The top side went reasonably to script with the higher qualifiers progressing; Mäkelä’s 4.183/285.22 setting top speed of the event to overcome a flaming 4.426/274.32 from Lehtimaki and Neergaard downing Antti Horto with a 4.195/282.24 to a 4.221/285.16 in the race of the curtailed day.